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Suit: Wm Horn, Jno Rich, Jno Mitchum

26 November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Wm Horn £17.12.0, interest from August 1786, and costs against Jno Rich and Jno Mitchum.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1788 term, 26 November 1788
People
Jurors
Lewis Kirk; James Trousdale; Mathew McCauly; Jno Loy; Wm Woods; James Thompson; Richard Cate; Wm Clerk; Jno Donnelly; Lewis Horneday; Jno Cabe; Wm Morrow
Amounts
£17.12.0
Other dates
Aug’t 1786

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 4, page 172
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 1788 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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